Torrington Telegram - Wednesday, November 4, 2026

A few months ago, I wrote about dinner at Cottonwood Country Club. I closed that column with an offer: I’d rather not play my first round solo, so if a local wanted to tee it up with me, I’d write about the course next. Kate Hutchins of Torrington took me up on it, and the two of us went out as a twosome. Before the golf, one thing needs clearing up, because it caused confusion after that first column. Cottonwood at Torrington Golf Course and Cottonwood Country Club are not the same thing, even with the similar names. The 18-hole course at West 15th Avenue and Golf Course Road is owned and operated by the City of Torrington, and it is open to the public. The country club shares the grounds but is a separate organization with its own membership. Joining the club does not give you the right to play the city course, and buying a city golf pass does not make you a club member.

There is something special about spending a fall afternoon at a pumpkin patch, especially when it involves good friends, good food, adorable farm animals and getting a little lost in a corn maze.

Wyoming voters elected Republican Harriet Hageman to the U.S. Senate and sent Republican Chuck Gray to the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s general election.

Four Torrington/Lingle FFA members placed sixth in the nation in agricultural sales at the National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis last week, and senior Carter Groene placed ninth overall individually. The team of Carter Groene, junior Tatum Carlson, sophomore Emilee Roth and Kaleb Booth earned a gold emblem as a team. Groene, Carlson and Roth each earned a gold emblem individually, and Booth earned a silver emblem. The team went to Indianapolis as Wyoming’s state champion in the event. “As a team, we were sixth overall, so that was pretty unique, pretty fun to do,” Carter Groene said. “And individually, in the sales contest, I was ninth overall.”